Combined corset and abdominal supporter.



M. GOODSIDE.

COMBINED CORSET AND ABDOMINAL SUPPORTBR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I5, 1913.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914M4 nal supporter" of such construction that wf while tending to maintain the figure in 10 4 set and abdominal supporter, and while 'its application is` morel or less general, 1t is- Nrrnn sm'rnsl PATE Moses Goopsrnn, or NEW YORK, N. Y,

COMBINED consnr AND ABDOMINAL snrron'rnn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24e, iam.

Application ld April 15,1913.' Serial No. 761,273.

lTo `all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Moses Goonsin'n', a

.citizen of the United 'States .of America,

residing ata/ 14 Grand street, New York, in the county and State of'New York,'have invented cert-ain new 'and useful Improvement-s in CombinedCorsets andAbdominal Supporters, of. which the following is la My invention relates to acombinedcorespecially designed for wear byfemalesduring pregnancy and after childfbirth, and after surgical operationson any of; the abdominal organs. The device has also proven substantially normal form, it will offer -yielding.support, without discomfort to the wearer, to anyvparts of the body aiected by surgicall operations' or by conditions existing before or after child-birth.

A-further object'of the invention is to sol construct. the device that the support of- A fered thereby will be varying in 'degrees of elasticity, corresponding to the character or nature of the parts requiringsupport.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the following speciicatiomreference being kmade to the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is an elevational view 'of my im proved corset and supporterg`Fig. QAis a crosssectional view on the line 2 2' of F ig. 1i

child-birth,

During pregnancy, and after the lower abdomen requires support of a yielding character, in theformer case because of the distended condition of the parts and in the latter case because of the relaxav tion ofthe abdominal walls. In either case, the bust requires support,'but this support may be less yielding than that afforded the lower abdomen. My improved device takes Vaccount of Vthese conditions, and 'the con-` in reducing abnormally struction is such as to give the desired degree of support to the several organs, provision being made to properly retain -the i 'elasticpart of the device against excessive yield or give, and care also being taken to offer no material impediment to the free movement 'of the lower extremities of the wearer.'

Referring in Vdetail to the accompanying drawing, it will be lnoted that, in the main, the combined corset and supporter is formed of a web of suitable material, preferably silk, divided into four parts designed as a bust support. It is sufliciently soft andflexible to avoid all dis-' comfort'to the wearer, while maintaining the parts which it -connes in substantially y l or members, numbered 10, 11,12 and 13, joined together' or integral with each other. v

The web member 10 is inelastic, and is normal i"orm. The web portion 1 0- extends from the bust down to approximately the 'waist line,

Immediately adjacent the web portion 10 is the lweb port-ion 1l which-is designed to encompass the lower Vabdomen .and extends pelvic'region. The web portion 11 is so formed as to be highly elastic in the direc-' tion of its length, thus exerting a yielding compressive force against the parts which it protects, ,and following with aclinging pressure all the movement of the lower abdomen. The web portion 11 is' somewhat narrower than the bust-portion 10, the relation in a standard device being approxi- -mately eight inchesfor the'latter and aprom the waist 4line'into proximity to the proximately six inches for the former. Next to the web portion 11 is the relatively, narrow'inelastic strip of web or fabric 12, which is designed to be positioned against the eX-.

tremelower part of the abdomen. The strip 12 need not be elastic, and its function, in rcombination with the bust member 10, is to retain the abdominal member 11 against excessive yield or displacement.

The lower edge .of the supporter is formed as an elastic strip 13, the normal positionof which is slightly b elowthe lhips over the top of the legs, the latter being allowed free movement by reason of the elasticity of the strip'13. The strips l2 and 13 are of about the same width 'each being approximately one and one half inches wide.

The combined corset and supporter is usually made in two sections', connected at the rear by lacing 14 and at the front by hook and eye connections 15. I also preferably provide the vertical, elastic stays 16 to assist in maintaining' the device in proper upright iforin on the body. Extending from near each iront and rear edge toward each othei` are bifurcating lappets 17 which assist in supporting` the abdomen, the lappets on each side being suitably connected together, as by buckles 18, b v means of which the pressure to be exerted by the device may be regulated by the wearer, and the tension of the elasticfportions of the web adjustedto suit the needs of any given occasion. The device may be provided with the usual form oi' hose supporters 19, depending from the lower front edges thereof.

What I claim is y A combined corset and abdominal supporter consisting of two like parts, each embodying an integral web consisting of a single continuous upper inelastic member adapted to support the bust of'the wearer and extending from the front to the rear 0f the device in a direction at right angles to its length, a single continuous intermediate Y I elastic longitudinally yielding member.

low the hips of the wearer, and extending from the front to the rear of the device in a direction at right angles to its length, a bifurcated lappet connected to the front and rear edge of each ofy the corset parts, said lappets extending toward each other, and means for adjustably connecting the lappets on each of the corset parts to each other.

In testimony whereof I `have aiiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

t MOSES GOODSIDE. Witnesses: A

OTTO MUNK, i Cannon FRANCK. l

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